Improvement in shirt-bosoms



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. i

GAMALIEL B. THOMPSON, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

lIVIPRVEMENT IN SHIRT-BOSOMS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N0. 148,005, dated February24, 1874; application filed February 2, 1874.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, GAMALIEL B. THOME SON, of Boston, in the county ofSuffolk, State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Shirts, of which the following is a descriptionsuiciently full, clear, and exact to enable any person skilled in theart or science to which my invention appertains to make and use thesame, reference being' had to the accompanying drawing forming a part ofthis speciiieation, in whiche Figure l is a view of a shirt fitted `withmy improved bosom, and so arranged as to exhibit portions of the red,white, and blue plaits. Fig. 2 is a view of the same arranged to showpart-s of the red, white, blue, and gray plaits.

Like letters refer to like parts in the different figures ofthe drawing.

My invention relates more especially to that class of bosoms which areadapted for use in woolen shirts; and consists in anovcl constructionand arrangement of the parts, by which a pleasing' variety of colors canbe shown, or a Vclean ybosom be substituted for a soiled one, without achange of the garment, as hereinafter more fully set forth.

The extreme simplicityr of my invention ren ders an elaborate description unnecessary.

In Fig. l A is the body, andB the collar, of the shirt. The bosom may besaid to consist of two double bosoms,tl1e outer front edges bein gstitched together, and one edge of the outer half of each, or thatnearest the arm, being attached to the shirt-front, as shown. Each halfofthe bosom has its inner and outer sections made of cloth of differentcolors, the outer sections of the bosom shown in Fig. l being red andwhite, and the inner sections blue and gray, the gray being shown in thenext ligure. The blue and red sections, fFig. 2, are attached or sewedtogether from to z, from z to s, and from s to y; but front y to m, andm to n, the red section of the bosom is attached to the body of theshirt only. From ai to d, from d to j', from j' to g, and from g to y,that edge of the blue is left free. The same description will apply,except as to colors, to the opposite bosom, composed of white and graycloth."

From the foregoing the nature and opera tion of my invention will bereadily understood by all conversant with such matters.

When it is desired to exhibit a red bosom, the blue plait aFig. 1, isturned or folded over upon the white plait b,and buttoned under thecollar B by the flap t'. If it is desirable to show a blue bosom, theapt' is buttoned to the button f, and the loose edge f g of the blue ispulled out and carried over the white, and buttoned under the collar Bby the flap d, Fig. 2. If a white bosom is to be shown, the red and bluesection of the bosom is folded underneath the gray, leaving `the whiteout-side, and the iapp buttoned to the button r. The gray bosom isbrought to the front in the same manner described for the blue. Buttonsare provided inside the neck of the shirt for fastening the flaps h, p,z, and j', when the same are folded in. Vhen the white bosom is at thefront, that part of the red and blue section from s to y is folded in,and the corresponding part of the white and gray brought forward and`buttoned nor any part thereof, when in and of itself considered; but

What I claim is- In combination with a shirt-body, the two reversiblebosoms, when constructed and arranged to operate substantially in themanner and for the purpose set forth.

GAMALIEL B. THOMPSON.

Witnesses:

C. A. SHAW, CHARLES LETTS.

